Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 32:25
Without forth, the sword shall rob them of their children; and within in the chamber, fear: both young men and young women, and the sucklings with the men of gray heads.
Psalm 63:1
{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.
Psalm 144:12
that our sons may grow up as the young plants, and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple;
Isaiah 40:30
Children are weary and faint, and the strongest men fall:
Isaiah 41:17
When the thirsty and poor seek water, and find none, and when their tongue is dry of thirst: I give it them, sayeth the LORD. I, the God of Israel, forsake them not.
Jeremiah 48:18
And thou, daughter Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in poverty. For he that destroyeth Moab, shall come up to thee also, and break down thy strongholds.
Lamentations 1:18
{Tsadi} The LORD is righteous, for I provoked his countenance unto anger. O take heed all ye people, and consider my heaviness: My maidens and my young men are led away in to captivity.
Lamentations 2:10
{Yod} The Senators of the daughter Zion sit upon the ground in silence: they have strawed ashes upon their heads, and girded themselves with sackcloth. The maidens of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Hosea 2:3
If no, I shall strip her naked, and set her, even as she came into the world. Yea, I shall lay her waste, and make her like a wilderness, and slay her for thirst.
Zechariah 9:17
O how prosperous and goodly a thing shall that be: The corn shall make the young men cheerful, and the new wine the maidens.